As one who loves to celebrate I could not resist taking a moment to celebrate my absolutely epic 2013.It was a year that brought me such learning, challenge + ultimately joy in many areas of my life, personal to professional. You have shared in much of it with me and it all started here about a year ago, after my dear friend April O'Peel taught me "everything about the internet" in exchange for me making her a beluga whale costume.

True story. Image courtesy of Reckless Photography.

This gave me the ability to express my internal world into a digital format that has profoundly shifted my life. This ability to share what I create seems to have unleashed a creative waterfall in me + I find myself in a constant loop of inspiration, creation + sharing. I intend this to all be in the service of helping others

With that in mind, I focused on creating + sharing only what truly lit me up and made me feel a whole body nummy yes. As Danielle Laporte says in The Desire Map, "It's supposed to feel good."

Using pleasure +desire as a guide post, I now present to you my top 3 squeep-worthy happenings of 2013:

ONe:

Integrating my artist self with my palliative care nurse self = #DIEAWESOMEin the form of a book, blog + manifestoMy intention is to inspire resonant reflections and honest, courageous conversations about experiences related to death and dying.

The Blog

The Book

The ManifestoPrints available for purchase in February 2014

My creative doodle gifts are well received in my professional world which is behind amazing to me. It thrilled me to bits seeing my work go up in the weekly organizational newsletter :)

TWO:

Entrepeneurial Adventure Begins

This quote is from Kahlil Gibran's passage On Work. I quoted it in the hardest resignation letter I have ever composed + I use it as a guidepost to craft my right livelihood. I never thought I would ever have a desire to be an entrepreneur, much preferring the perceived security of a regular J-O-B. The Universe just loves to surprise our best laid plans though, doesn't she?

And surprise she did :)Entrepreneurial adventures began with starting a small cranial sacral therapy practice in my a new, tiny, home-based magic studio.

They continued with my intrepid, wonder-filled forray into being an artist by way of sharing both illuminated, graphic doodles+zen-inspired calligraphy:

I will be on that entrepreneurial adventure for life, now appreciating it as a powerful, creative path to right livelihood for my particular talents+passions.Here is a favorite video of mine on the topic of work, love + money:

THREE:

Hand Analysis Explosion

I did not expect to study hand reading at all.Another beautiful surprise from the Universe :)After a profoundly insightful hand reading with Richard Unger, I pursued my completely illogical and seemingly impractical allurement:

To celebrate my 30th birthday, I signed up to study hands as a tool for personality + soul understanding. I quickly fell in love with this craft and the impact it has on helping people grow their self-awareness.I committed to do hand readings in a way that is utterly unique to my skills, gifts, passion+experience as:

That's when things seemed to really explode :)I adore reading hands + I adore it even more when I am embodied as a the divinely feminine sexy nerd girl I know I am :)

As of today I have read over 100 hands+spent the Autumn / holiday season haunting a variety of wonderful events+craft fairs. A summary of my adventures can be found here.

I already know that 2014 is going to be stark raving amazing.Singing, creating, loving, playing, hustling, giggling, learning -- all this and more. It was so amazing that I found myself overwhelmed, sending me into a brief+short hermitage last week just so I could bloom the trust+clarity to bloom my yummy visioning. It is a good reminder for me to ...

I wish you a resplendent year fueled by the unbridled expression of your authentic truth+innermost desires.